Sea-Wolf
by London, Jack
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Collectible - Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Cerrillos, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
New York: Macmillan, 1904. 1st. . Hardcover. Collectible - Good/No Jacket. W. J. Aylward. GOOD. Spine faded, soiled adn worn; head and heel of spine and corners of boards bumped; covers rubbed, soiled, stained at rear; hinges cracked, front hinge repaired, endpapers stained, previous owner name, title page roughly opened at fore-edge, a few page corners creased. Light blue illustrated cloth with white lettering, top edge gilt, 366 pp., 6 plates (including frontis.), publisher's ads. Size: 12mo
Synopsis
The Sea-Wolf is a 1904 psychological adventure novel by American writer Jack London about a literary critic and other survivors of an ocean collision who come under the dominance of Wolf Larsen, the powerful and amoral sea captain who rescues them. Its first printing of forty thousand copies were immediately sold out before publication on the strength of London's previous The Call of the Wild.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Maya Jones Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 293073
- Title
- Sea-Wolf
- Author
- London, Jack
- Illustrator
- W. J. Aylward
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Collectible - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st.
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1904
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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